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Huawei EchoLife-HG556a-v2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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EchoLife HG556a Home Gateway

Service Manual

HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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EchoLife HG556a

V100R001

Service Manual

Issue

Date

- 3

Part Number

202219

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. provides customers with comprehensive technical

support and service. For any assistance, please contact our local office or company

headquarters.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Address:

Huawei Industrial Base

Bantian, Longgang

Shenzhen 518129

People's Republic of China

Website:

http://www.huawei.com

Huawei Proprietary and Confidential

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No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any

means without prior written consent of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

The product described in this manual may include copyrighted software of Huawei

Technologies Co., Ltd and possible licensors. Customers shall not in any manner

reproduce, distribute, modify, decompile, disassemble, decrypt, extract, reverse

engineer, lease, assign, or sublicense the said software, unless such restrictions are

prohibited by applicable laws or such actions are approved by respective copyright

holders under licenses.

Trademarks and Permissions

, and

are trademarks or registered trademarks of Huawei

Technologies Co., Ltd.

Other trademarks, product, service and company names mentioned are the property

of their respective owners.

Notice

Some features of the product and its accessories described herein rely on the

software installed, capacities and settings of local network, and may not be activated

or may be limited by local network operators or network service providers. Thus the

descriptions herein may not exactly match the product or its accessories you

purchase.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd reserves the right to change or modify any information

or specifications contained in this manual without prior notice or obligation.

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REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAWS, NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER

EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED

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PURPOSE, ARE MADE IN RELATION TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR

CONTENTS OF THIS MANUAL.

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SHALL HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL,

INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS,

BUSINESS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS.

Import and Export Regulations

Customers shall comply with all applicable export or import laws and regulations and

will obtain all necessary governmental permits and licenses in order to export,

re-export or import the product mentioned in this manual including the software and

technical data therein.

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EchoLife HG556a

Service Manual

Contents

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(20

)

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Contents

About This Document

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1 Safety Precautions

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1-1

2 Product Overview

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2-1

2.1 Product Features

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2-1

2.2 Hardware

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2-1

2.2.1 Indicators

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2-1

2.2.2 Interfaces and Buttons

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2-2

3 Quick Start

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3-1

3.1 Connecting Cables

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3-1

3.2 Inserting the USB Stick

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3-2

3.3 Logging In to the Web-Based Configuration Utility

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3-3

4 Configuring the WAN Interface

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4-1

4.1 Selecting ADSL uplink mode

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4-1

4.1.1 Configuring the PPPoA Mode

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4-3

4.1.2 Configuring the PPPoE Mode

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4-5

4.1.3 Configuring the MER Mode

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4-7

4.1.4 Configuring the IPoA Mode

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4-8

4.1.5 Configuring the Bridge Mode

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4-9

4.2 Selecting HSPA uplink mode

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4-9

5 Configuration of WLAN

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5-1

5.1 Setting Up a Wireless Connection by the Wi-Fi Button

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5-1

5.2 Setting Up a Wireless Connection Manually

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5-1

6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions

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6-1

6.1 Configuring Multiple PCs to Access the Internet

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6-1

6.2 Enabling or Disabling the WLAN Function

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6-2

6.3 Using the Home Storage Function

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6-2

6.3.1 Accessing the Storage Device by the FTP Client

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6-3

6.3.2 Accessing the Storage Device by the Samba Function

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6-3

6.3.3 Accessing the Storage Device by Mapping Network Drive

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6-4

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6.4 Using the USB Printer Function

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6-5

6.5 Improving the Security of a WLAN

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6-8

6.5.1 Hiding the Name of a WLAN

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6-8

6.5.2 Changing the Name of a WLAN

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6-9

6.5.3 Using Secure Encryption

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6-10

6.5.4 Allowing Only Specified PCs to Be Connected to a WLAN

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6-11

6.6 Controlling the Internet Access Rights of PCs

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6-13

7 Maintenance Guide

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7-1

7.1 Changing the Administrator Password

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7-1

7.2 Configuring the LAN Interface

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7-2

7.3 Backing Up or Updating a Configuration File

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7-3

7.4 Restoring Default Settings

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7-3

7.5 Restarting the Terminal

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7-4

7.6 Updating Software

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7-5

8 FAQs

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8-1

A Technical Specifications

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A-1

B Default Settings

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B-1

C Acronyms and Abbreviations

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C-1

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